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Easy to use audio player

The Cue  audio player provides an audio player widget with a dynamic playlist – delivering a fully responsive player for your posts, pages and widget areas. The main site of the plugin is here. (I am not an affiliate seller.) Download the free basic version of the plugin and you’ll likely find all you need. The full version includes a cool audio player in the footer area of your website that keeps playing when people navigate away from your page (so long as they are still on your website). Re the default audio player in WordPress… To custom code the width of the inbuilt / default WordPress player use this code in your CSS (I suggest you use a CSS plugin such as this one to add CSS code). The width can be pixels or a percentage (i.e.: 50%) of your page width. .mejs-container.svg.mejs-audio { width: 250px !important; } Have fun, and keep your WordPress questions coming in.

Lack of property listings keeps pressure on prices

Call for lower mortgage rates

Auckland property prices dip

Make your website smartphone friendly

In this week’s WordPress Tips & Tricks podcast I re-look at the Profile Widget Ninja plugin that has been updated to allow you to alter it to fit in with your theme’s colours. Well worth looking at if you want a cool looking profile of yourself or your staff on your website. And here’s a theme well worth looking at if you want to simplify your website. Smartphones are it. If your website doesn’t work well, or look good, on a smartphone you are missing out on a huge audience. Time to fix it. Wondering about how popular podcasting is getting? Check out this latest Rajar listening survey here. Your WordPress questions are always welcome.

Auckland house prices to stay high

Acute shortage of homes for sale in Auckland

New Zealand most expensive place to buy a home

Profile Widget Ninja can be used to display user profile section with description, profile image, cover image, custom read more link and social links. It can be used in any widget area, such as a sidebar or a footer. Social link options such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest are available. Multiple user profiles can be displayed simultaneously using multiple widgets. Download the free plugin HERE See an example of the plugin in action here – although I have not used all the options available within the plugin.

Create a cool looking profile element in your sidebar

Window of opportunity for first time home buyers in Auckland

Stalemate in Auckland property market

Had a situation where I wanted to download all the media from my WordPress site and figured there must be an easier way than to pick through all the folders via an FTP program. There is an easier way – with the DownML plugin from the WordPress directory. It’s a simple one-trick pony plugin that – while currently out of date – works perfectly with WordPress CMS V4.4. Got a question about WordPress? Let me know via my contact form. Cheers, Steve